Episode 281 - The Games Industry Is Burning

<p>On this episode of the podcast, co-hosts Kiley Wilde and Pete Beckett talk about the games we’ve been playing including:</p><p>Pete: kingdom hearts, Mario Kart World, meccha chameleon</p><p>Kiley: supermarket chaos, arkane librarian tidyup, subnautica below zero, boltgun</p><p>We then talk about the news that&#39;s occurred over the past week including:</p><p>John Carmack responds to the ID lay offs <a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/john-carmack-responds-to-id-software-layoffs-admits-microsoft-stewardship-claim-aging-badly/"><u>https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/john-carmack-responds-to-id-software-layoffs-admits-microsoft-stewardship-claim-aging-badly/</u></a> </p><p>Bethesda makes a statement about their games slate <a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bethesda-confirms-obsidian-fallout-game-and-that-fallout-5-is-in-preproduction/"><u>https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/bethesda-confirms-obsidian-fallout-game-and-that-fallout-5-is-in-preproduction/</u></a> <a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fallout-3-and-new-vegas-remasters-now-in-development/"><u>https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/fallout-3-and-new-vegas-remasters-now-in-development/</u></a> </p><p>EU approves PIF acquisition of EA <a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/european-union-set-to-approve-saudi-pif-acquisition-of-electronic-arts-according-to-report/"><u>https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/european-union-set-to-approve-saudi-pif-acquisition-of-electronic-arts-according-to-report/</u></a> </p><p>Kratos to be recast in series due to injury <a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-live-action-god-of-war-show-is-recasting-kratos-after-ryan-hurst-was-injured-on-the-set/"><u>https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-live-action-god-of-war-show-is-recasting-kratos-after-ryan-hurst-was-injured-on-the-set/</u></a> </p><p>Indie devs ps5 trailer flooded with comments about disks <a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/indie-developers-ps5-game-trailer-is-flooded-with-anti-sony-comments-over-disc-backlash/"><u>https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/indie-developers-ps5-game-trailer-is-flooded-with-anti-sony-comments-over-disc-backlash/</u></a> </p><p>Survey claims 100% of Japanese devs using Generative AI <a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/new-survey-claims-100-of-japanese-online-game-developers-use-generative-ai-tools/"><u>https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/new-survey-claims-10